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Daniel Diffey
Department Chair, Professor
College of Theology
Biography
Dr. Diffey serves as Department Chair of the Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies programs and is Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew within the College of Theology at GCU. He has an MDiv in Christian Ministry, and earned a PhD in Old Testament. He has been at GCU since 2012 and teaches various Bible classes. His interests are in the area of Old Testament and biblical theology. He is married to Anne and has three children.  
Education
  • Master of Divinity
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Theology
Programs Taught
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Ministry (Accelerated Pathway to Master of Divinity)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with an Emphasis in Biblical Studies
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with an Emphasis in Biblical Studies (Accelerated Pathway to MDiv)
  • Bachelor of Arts in Christian Studies with an Emphasis in Global Ministry
Classes
  • BIB-106: Old Testament Survey
  • BIB-107: New Testament Survey
  • BIB-350: Pentateuch
  • BIB-355: Biblical Interpretation and Application
  • BIB-365: Old Testament Writings
Publications

  • “The Royal Promisein Genesis: The Often Underestimated Importance of Genesis 17:6, 17:16, and35:11,” Tyndale Bulletin 62.2 (2011).


  • Review of Legitimacy, Illegitimacy, and the Right to Rule: Windows on Abimelech’s Rise and Demise in Judges 9, by Gordon K. Oeste.  London: T&TClark, 2011.  Published in Themelios 38.1 (2013).


  • Review of Jesus the Messiah:Tracing the Promises, Expectations, and Coming of Israel’s King, by Herbert Bateman IV, Darrell L. Bock, and Gordon H. Johnston.  Grand Rapids: Kregel Academic, 2012.  Published in Journal for the Evangelical Study of the Old Testament 3.1(2014). 


  • Review of Ruth (Apollos Old Testament Commentary), by L.Daniel Hawk. Downer’s Grove, IL: IVP, 2015. Published in Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society 59.1 (2016).


Awards
  • Influential Faculty Award: College of Theology - 2016
  • Distinguished Faculty Scholar Award - 2014
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